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Wyoming Water Research Center
The 1982 Wyoming Legislature provided funds to
establish a water research program at the University
of Wyoming. The Wyoming Water Research Center
(WWRC) conducts a comprehensive, multidisciplinary
water research program that specifically addresses
the development, management and preservation of
Wyoming's water resources. The Center is required to
coordinate, conduct and sponsor water research on a
state, regional and national scope; to provide
numerous State agencies an applied service function;
and to offer extension and graduate instruction - all
in an inlerdisciplinary context. The Water Center
mobilizes the best faculty expertise at the University
to study the specific water resource problems of the
State. Cooperative studies have been conducted with
thirteen individual academic departments and one
college (Law) at the University, one junior college,
twelve individual state agencies, several
municipalities, counties, and federal agencies.
Several current and past research projects funded by
WWRC, which are not being discussed in connection
with other portions of this conference, are listed
below.
- Wyoming Climate Atlas
- Bacterial Distribution in a Riparian Zone
- Evaporation Ponds in Wyoming
- Uranium Mining/Groundwater Contamination
- Evapotanspiration in the Green River
- Furrow Compaction and Erosion
- Input-Output Model for Economic Development
- Optimal Consideration of Municipal Waste Loads
- Microbiological Causes of Tastes and Odors in
Drinking Water
- Assessment of Water Research Needs in
Wyoming
- Stream-Aquifer Interactions on Horse Creek
- Geothermal Potential
- Satellite Imagery for Snowmelt/Runoff
- Thermal Hot Springs Evaluation
- Groundwater Flow Distortions
- Water Development Costs and Benefits
- Water Development Recreational Benefits
- Center Pivot Irrigation Analysis
- Organic Contamination in Surface Water, Ground
Water and Sediments
- Watershed Eutrophication Study (Flaming Gorge)
- Transpirational Water Loss from Streamside
Vegetation
- Phreatophytic Water Relationships
- Contaminant Groundwater Flow Models
- Acidic Deposition in Wyoming
- Winter Stream Habitat Studies
- Wyoming Integrated River System Model
- North Platte River Management Model
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